Obs breached water everywhere!!!!!!!

[Mav359]

Not had a good few hours. Qent out to my obs to get something and everything was soaked. Was out there Tuesday and it was fine but I think its had its time, the roof may have had one to many visits from the foxes and the squirrels.

Have spent 3 hours evacuating everything and drying it out it appears that everthing else is working si hopefully I have dodged a bullet.

Panic over for now

[Daniel-K]

oh dear its horrible hearing of anyone whose obs has leaked hope all is ok

[Steve 1962]

Sorry to hear that Alan - hope it's all OK too.

[astromerlin]

I hope you got everything dried out ok. I had a bit of a leak also, I have a flap on the south side to enable the OTA to go lower than the obsy wall height. The wind managed to open it and then blew the rain in, floor was soaked including a 4 block mains connector (powered off) I stuck a dehumidifier in there and nailed the flap shut, all dry now.

[Mav359]

Ive tested the mount out and dried out the optics & tested the handset. everything so far is working.

Couple of bits to test but i think i have been a very lucky boy

[Sp@ce_d]

Sorry to hear this..

I'm paranoid.. in spite of a big heavy rubber covered roof I tend to chuck one of those large outdoor furniture covers over the gear just in case..

[Luke]

Yikes, what a pain, but hopefully the gear is all okay!

[bingevader]

Oh my goodness, that must have been a bit of a worry. I hope everything turns out to be okay.

Time for a new observatory!

Cheers

[ChrisSJ]

Hi,

Sorry to hear this.

Do you have a dehumidifier? If so, put your telescope and other equipment in a room with the dehumidifier running on highest setting, and shut the door. Leave it running for 24 hours, this should ensure all the moisture is removed. Water does have a habit of getting to places we can't get too.

[Mav359]

Hi,

Sorry to hear this.

Do you have a dehumidifier? If so, put your telescope and other equipment in a room with the dehumidifier running on highest setting, and shut the door. Leave it running for 24 hours, this should ensure all the moisture is removed. Water does have a habit of getting to places we can't get too.

Unfortunately not, i put everything in the lounge turned the heating up to maximum 

[opticalpath]

+1 for a dehumidifier - excellent investment.   ideal for emergencies like this, but also great for routine use drying out the observatory and contents after a night with the roof open when everything is damp with dew.

Adrian